“Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty,” which blends the acclaimed Bourne’s choreography with Tchaikovsky’s 19th century music for the ballet production of “Sleeping Beauty” of that time, runs through Oct. 13 at the Palace Theatre in Cleveland.

“Sleeping Beauty,” which debuted last year, completes a trio of the choreographer’s works that began with “Nutcracker!” in 1992 and continued in 1995 with “Swan Lake.”

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“This production of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ is the fulfillment of a great ambition, to choreograph the three great Tchaikovsky ballets and was created to celebrate the 25th anniversary of my company, New Adventures, last year,” Bourne says in a news release provided by PlayhouseSquare.

“I am so grateful to have this opportunity to bring this glorious production to American audiences, who have always been so welcoming of my work.”

According to the release, Bourne — called “Britain’s most famed choreographer — takes Charles Perrault’s enduring fairy tale about a young girl cursed to sleep for 100 years and turns it into the tale of “the christening of Aurora, the story’s heroine, at the height of the fin-de-siecle period, when fairies and decadent opulence fed the gothic imagination. As Aurora grows into a young woman, we move forward in time to the more rigid, uptight Edwardian era — a mythical golden age of long summer afternoons, croquet on the lawn and new dance crazes.

“Years later,” the release continues, “awakening from her century-long slumber, Aurora finds herself in the modern day, a world more mysterious and wonderful than any fairy tale.”

Bourne’s adaptation introduces a number of new characters, including a royal gamekeeper, Leo, Aurora’s love interest; the Dark Fairy Carabosse; and Caradoc, the sinister but charming son of Carabosse.